A case of area- and energy-efficient heterogeneous mesh network-on-chip

Abstract

Abstract-In this paper, based on observation on performance analysis of mesh network, we proposed a case of area-and energy-efficient heterogeneous mesh network by redistributing and reconfiguring scarce network resources, buffers, links and ports, to enhance network performance. Experimental results show that proposed network can achieve maximum saturation improvement by up to 16.7% and improve network latency by up to 35% while reduce about 31.7% router area. Experimental results also show that diagonal link is efficient design for mesh network topology.